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You Want Schmaltz With That?

“Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe,” plead Shylock to the barrister, and indeed what characterizes Jewish history in the main is calamity and tribulation of a scope and cruelty so reckless and undreamt they seem enjoined from another … Read More

by Hal Parker on October 17, 2007March 17, 2013

The Brooklyn Art Salad: Mold, Tulips, and Kale

“The multi-media nature of the work invites viewers to do more than just reflect on what they see: to engage with it through their own experimentation.”

by Gawon Jo, Mina Quesen on October 30, 2022October 30, 2022

The Transatlantic Professor

“It’s hard to know what the Booker means in America. Americans aren’t eligible. Does that make them lose interest, or does it give the prize a mystique?” Alan Hollinghurst wondered aloud during an interview last week in his office at 185 Nassau.

by Eleanor Barkhorn on December 1, 2004March 17, 2013

Comic Sans Can’t Breathe

On Saturday December 6th, Chicago Bulls player Derrick Rose initiated a particular form of public protest and solidarity when he wore a shirt emblazoned with the phrase “I CAN’T BREATHE” before the Bulls’ game against the Golden State Warriors.

by Ben Denzer on December 11, 2014December 11, 2014

Candy, Cones & Customers

But reversion to infancy is normal in Ricky’s Candy, Cones & Chaos. “I had a kid in Morristown just standing with a rat in his mouth,” Jeff calls out to a couple perusing the gummy rodents. “Just standing there, the whole head in his mouth, gnawing on it. It’s this big!” He waits for me to look up. “This big!” he cries, holding his hands a foot and a half apart. “You get to see stupid things because people get stupid in here. You pick up just about everything.”

by Tessa Brown on April 26, 2006March 17, 2013

The Yoga Elite

Yoga Above feels like a perfect reflection of Princeton’s unique character: the blending of college town taste with the style and exclusivity of affluence. The result is a donation yoga studio with deluxe décor and an amazing location that serves a clientele that is stunningly homogeneous.

by Evan Larson on February 16, 2011March 17, 2013

Drop-kick me, Jesus

It certainly looks like things cannot get any worse for the Little Sisters of Hoboken, New Jersey, when two-thirds of the nuns die from ingesting a tainted soup prepared by Sister Julia (Child of God). When the play opens, the … Read More

by Doug Laventure on April 26, 2006March 17, 2013

Theatre Intime’s Buried Child

Theatre Intime’s production of Sam Sheperd’s Buried Child expertly conveys the balance of terror and humor in the life of a family struggling with a secret. Doug Lavanture ’08, directs a production in which every detail of the family’s life … Read More

by Sadye Teiser on September 28, 2005March 17, 2013

Oh the Places You’ll Go!

Go to www.trevorvanmeter.com/flyguy. Click anywhere to start, and you will soon find yourself immersed in the idyllic, monotone world of Fly Guy, a middle-aged balding man whose destiny you hold at your fingertips. The opening shot of Fly Guy’s universe … Read More

by Freddie Lafemina on March 1, 2006March 17, 2013

Kanye West’s Top 120 Baby Names

1. Mistake
2. Hieronymus
3. Magical Negro
4. Doubletree
5. Krampus
6. North by North
7. Glass Spanish
8. CRIME
9. Susanorlean Orchid
10. Sheikh

by staff on February 23, 2013March 22, 2013

It Happened in New York

“Slavery was not a side-show in American History. It was the main event.” So says James Oliver Horton, history professor at George Washington University.

by Freddie Lafemina on February 8, 2006March 17, 2013

Wet Hot Hetero Summer

If anybody has ever seen _Wet Hot American Summer_, then ze knows what my camp and most other non-specialized camps are like. Sleepaway camp is a hyper-sexualized environment in which children are encouraged to explore their sexuality beyond the leering … Read More

by Lauren Brachman on September 22, 2010March 17, 2013


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